The Weekly Dispatch

By Sara Hebel & Scott Smallwood | Open Campus

A weekly newsletter about the role of higher education in society, exposing failures and examining solutions. Plus, updates as we build Open Campus.

Previous issues

Our Month of Reckoning

#46 Jul 3, 2020

How Americans Feel About College

#45 Jun 26, 2020

A Glimpse at a For-Profit Rebound?

#44 Jun 19, 2020

#43

Jun 12, 2020

'No Place Is Safe. Not a One.'
#42

Jun 5, 2020

A Problem of Our Time
#41

May 29, 2020

Propped Up by Privilege
#40

May 22, 2020

Will Campus Be Closed or Open? Yes.
#39

May 15, 2020

Don't Overlook the Mayor
#38

May 8, 2020

The Point of an Endowment
#37

May 1, 2020

Town and Gown, Tied Together
#36

Apr 24, 2020

Rome Is Burning. Let's Bash Harvard?
#35

Apr 17, 2020

What Will $6 Billion Accomplish?
#34

Apr 10, 2020

What the Pandemic Makes Us Question
#33

Apr 3, 2020

What's Clearer Now – Weeks into our global health crisis, here's how our perspective has changed. Plus, where relief money
#32

Mar 27, 2020

On the Other Side
#31

Mar 20, 2020

College, Interrupted
#30

Mar 13, 2020

When a Crisis Exposes Our Digital Divides
#29

Mar 6, 2020

Student Aid Is Confusing. Colleges Often Make It Worse.
#28

Feb 28, 2020

Who Deserves Free College? – This week: free college, Sara visits Miami, and the missing middle at the Ivy League.Plus, don't forg
#27

Feb 21, 2020

What Driving 14,000 Miles Taught Walter Wendler – In this issue:One college president's crash course in "Panhandle pragmatism" A new Open Campus newsle

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